Saturday, May 16, 2026

No Answer

Would you trust Donald Trump. Jr. and his brother Eric with you cellular telephone service? 

Five hundred and ninety thousand people did.

About a year ago, Anastasio Trump Debayle (Don Jr.) and his brother Luis (Eric) came up with a plan to create a cell phone that would "outdo Apple" and provide excellent and personalized service that would have other cell phone companies eating its dust.  Anastasio Debayle and Luis got 590,000 Trump supporters to pay a hundred dollars each, for a total of $59 million, to buy this mobile phone, and then . . . nothing.  The phone was delayed for months and all of these MAGA people who bought it were left . . . on hold.  

This past week, the phone finally materialized - a gold-colored (natch!) mobile phone that the Somoza - er, Trump - brothers ordered to avoid a lawsuit for failing to produce the product they promised to their customers.  The phone itself was worth next to nothing - maybe about five cents, meaning that it was overpriced by about $99.95.  The phone was rendered obsolete by newer products in the cell phone market.  All Trump supporters got for a hundred bucks was the cheap color application and the Trump brand.  Whereas Anastasio Debayle and Luis got $29.5 million each. 

The phones finally ship out soon. Maybe they'll actually work. 

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